2000 B.C. Abraham moves away from the
land of Ur in eastern Babylonia
and looks for a new home in the
western part of Asia.
1550 B.C. The Jews occupy the land of
Goshen in Egypt.
1300 B.C. Moses leads the Jews out of
Egypt and gives them the Law.
1250 B.C. The Jews have crossed the river
Jordan and have occupied Palestine.
1055 B.C. Saul is King of the Jews.
1025 B.C. David is King of a powerful Jewish state.
1000 B.C. Solomon builds the Great Temple
of Jerusalem.
950 B.C. The Jewish state divided into two
Kingdoms, that of Judah and that of Israel.
900-600 B.C. The age of the great Prophets.